Personal Power through Awareness, revised edition: A Guidebook for Sensitive People (The Earth Life Series)

"Personal Power Through Awareness" is a very important book on tapping into the power from within yourself, and projecting it in a joyful and transformative manner. These are some of the informative topics that are covered in this book: 1) Why it is important to love and accept yourself as you are right now, not who you will be or should be (pg. 51): I enjoy that this book covers details on why loving yourself as you are right now is essential in connecting to the gateway of your personal power. I feel lucky to have found this passage at the right time because it serves as a healing reminder to always see the unlimited potential, all the positives, and beauty about myself regardless of what external conditions may dictate. This passage can also benefit many others from various walks of life and backgrounds. 2)The message to See everyone as expanding and growing, and you will see yourself that way also (pg. 61): There are details included on how to evolve images within yourself, and the importance of broadcasting positive pictures to others. 3)If you ask for guidance, trust the messages that come into your mind (pg. 62): This was very important for me to be aware of (another healing message to come at the right time). I say this because I am lucky to receive messages whenever I ask for them, and being reminded to trust the messages is very important to me to be reminded about(in addition to the information transmitted from the book on why it is vital to trust the messages). Many others who read pg. 61 are also going to be able to relate to this message. 4)Telepathy chapter (pgs. 161-183): Pg. 162 lists why it is vital to be aware of the thoughtforms in your community, and how you pick up the messages of your community. This basically implies that where you live can strongly influence your own personal thoughtforms. I am lucky to admit that I have enjoyed the privilege of living in different places, and it is now crystal clear to me why I have sensed my own thoughtforms shift depending on where I live. I intuitively sensed this for the longest time, but the informative passage of the community thoughtforms (on page 162) definitely confirms it for me (this also makes me realize that I have some more careful thinking to do around some personal choices that I intend to make for the short and long-term). 5) Receiving Guidance from the Higher Realms (pgs. 184-197) There is very fascinating information on how true healing involves compassion and love for yourself and others. I also enjoy that essential details are listed around the concept (pg. 186) that All you need to do to receive guidance is to ask for it and then listen. There is also powerful information on pgs. 189 and 192. Page 189 has the following interesting information on that lists: The mind has 40,000 to 50,000 thoughts a day. When 1,000 to 2,000 of those daily thoughts are directed towards a goal, it will come rapidly. Page 192 lists this powerful concept: Writing down your goals brings them to you faster. Yes, I do understand that there are many that are aware of what is listed on page 192. However, I am certain that there are those reading this who agree with me that page 192 lists a powerful reminder to always keep in mind. Overall, "Personal Power through Awareness" by Sanaya Roman is a great book to get for tips on how to increase your own personal power, increase your awareness, and connect to higher energies in all areas of your life.

Really this is the first book I have ever seen that addresses the issue of telepathic connection and how we allow it impacts us, either harmfully or in good ways. In my own life I have found myself picking up people's thoughts and feelings but I didn't realize it for a long time because they felt like my own. But over time and many experiences, I finally figured it out. How wonderful to find my situation perfectly described in this book and to get reasonable advice about what to do about it! My tendency to be extremely tired after interactions with other folks is explained too, and clear advice given. What a Godsend! Such energy drainage in my case is a form of psychic codependence (my term) where I am not focusing on my own life (as explained in the book), but am taking responsability for others' lives. This is classic codependent behavior, but it is in the psychic realm! What an AHA! This I can do something about! With simple mental correction I immediately have a relief-giving energy shift which is quite amazing. Much of the advice in this book is solid information on avoiding codependent pitfalls though the word codependent is never used in this book. There is a lot of wonderful information in this book. Simple exercises are given to practice managing your thoughts, and training your mind to choose higher energy patterns. When learned these protective and beneficial habits are good for everyone around you and especially those people you are really connected with. You are urged to take a daily self-inventory of your feelings to help learn to sort out your own feelings from those with whom you are in contact, so you can begin to really know when you are picking things up from others and do something about it. The ways telepathy works, (under what condtions) thoughts and feelings are transmitted was a bit of a surprise to me, not at all what I would have guessed. It really helps you to stop being a loose cannon, sending when you don't intend to and receiving when you'd rather not. Ultimately we must take responsibility for our own thoughts and energy practices and stop being the victims of the vibes that are always around us. This book helps us to "grow up" energetically and accept our place in making our own lives (and through our influence,the world) better and happier. I have my work cut out for me but now I have a real plan of action. Thank you Sanaya! Your books are balm on a hurting world.

This is one of the best books I have ever read. I am very interested in metaphysics and self-improvement and have read numerous book including the Seth books and listen to many audios from Bashar and Abraham Hicks. What I like about this book is the positive and uplifting nature of the words. You can tell it was written with love and in love for humanity. Whether you believe it was channeled or not, do not let that deter you from reading it. Read the information and see what resonates. Orin himself in the book states take what you want from it and leave the rest. I have a few of the other Sanaya Roman and Orin books and I just picked this one back up this morning. All of the books have a ton of valuable information in them. This one hands down has so much golden nuggets in every paragraph. It explains what energy is, why you aren't using it for your benefits, how to use it appropriately for you and others, and how to take your life to the next level. I know that by reading this book that I am not some person that is at the mercy of some uncaring universe, but quite the opposite. That I have the power to create my own reality and to empower myself and others. You can read it and it will quiet your mind and soften your heart. It makes me feel relaxed because the information resonates with me. However, you might get to the point where you need to really start listening to the advice and take physical action. I know that by implementing some of the suggestions my life has improved. But I am at the point where I want to take it to the next level and really take this advice to heart. Buy the book. It's so worth it.

Powerful and easy read

We live in a soup of energy and while drinking in the uplifting beauty of a peaceful sunset over the ocean is nourishing, there is also the constant bombardment of negativity from the media, just being in public places, and mass consciousness. From reading the book, I learned to know what is my own essence energy and where my boundaries are so that I could stay more centered and balanced around a wider range of people and environments. The revised edition adds a powerful section on clearing energy that takes the core principles of how to tune your basic receptivity to energy to a new, higher level. I learned a powerful process to clear energy that I had "picked up" so that I could hear more consistently the urges and messages of my higher self and soul. The writing makes it easy to establish calmer and more focused states of consciousness in daily life. It does this through experiential exercises and certain words and images that encouraged me to access my own experience rather than just reading words on a page. I hope anyone who reads this can receive the wonderful results I have as you live the principles in the book. For me in particular clearing my physical body of negative images I have held of it as well as mass consciousness thought forms about aging has supported a deep healing process.

This book is solidly in line with prevailing New Age thought; still, I think it has many valuable insights. Not that I agree with them all, however. Also, I'm not quite sure I believe that this is indeed a channeled work, as the apparent author, Sanaya Roman, asserts. The subconscious mind is an almost limitless repository of facts, concepts and theories encountered throughout life. This information can be accumulated due to life experiences, studying, and/or reading. Roman could simply have accessed this inner repository of knowledge, and so, in that sense, this could indeed be considered a 'channeled' work. In spite of my skepticism, however, I have found this to be a very interesting, profound, and loving book, one I greatly enjoyed reading. The theme of the book is exactly what the title proclaims -- awareness brings personal power. What kind of awareness? According to Sanaya/Orin, it is the awareness of the unseen energies all around us. Through becoming aware of these energies, one can learn how to use them for one's own spiritual and material welfare. One can also help others achieve their own spiritual and material goals. This energy awareness entails the use of empathy, as well as telepathy. According to the author, the 'sensitive' people mentioned in the title are those who do already sense these unseen energies, having been aware of them since childhood. However, the author also stresses that it's possible for those of us who have no special sensitivity to learn to become sensitive in this area. There are many ways to sense energy -- one's physical senses are the primary ones. Using these senses involves becoming more observant of the people one is surrounded by. There are also mental techniques, such as visualization, that are helpful in sensing energy. In order to sense the energy of other people, it's important to come from a loving space. This is pointed out in a nice quote: "You can sense energy to the degree your heart is open and loving." (page 18) The importance of 'releasing the true self', and 'being your higher self' are also discussed. In fact, these phrases are part of the titles for Chapters 7 and 14. The book starts off with a greeting from Orin, then moves on to a general presentation about sensing energy. After that, it goes on to discuss understanding and directing the unseen energy that surrounds a person, as well as sensing energy in others. Subsequent chapter titles are self-explanatory: Chapter V: Who am I?, Chapter VI: Bringing the Unconscious Into Consciousness, Chapter VII: Evolving Your Inner Images: Releasing The True Self, Chapter VIII: Finding Your Deepest Truth, and so on. These and further chapters tie together the book's main theme with that of self-development, bringing the reader a comprehensive overview of both. One of the nicest things about this book is that it's peppered with short quotes that are highlighted by appearing in large, bold italics in the very middle of certain pages. These are obviously meant to be pondered upon and taken as advice. Some of my favorites are: "As you open, it is important to develop wisdom, release pain, and rise above negativity." (page 6), "If you are in a difficult situation, broadcast love. Love heals and protects you." (page 22), "Awareness of your body, thoughts, and emotions allows you to discover the effect other people have on you." (page 30), "As you think over what you will say to someone, hold the image of your deepest truth, and practice loving ways of expressing it." (page 85), "If any area of your life is not working, one of your beliefs in that area needs to be changed." (page 95), "You can assist mankind in achieving peace by evolving your thoughts." (page 96) Of course, this book emphasizes such New Age staples as creating one's own reality through positive thinking, and opening to higher guidance. The subject of transforming negative energy into positive energy is also dealt with; Chapter XI, titled "Handling Pain by Choosing to Grow", discusses the topic of how to deal with emotional pain. This is the one chapter of the book I had a real problem with, especially when I came across the following quote: "Pain is only triggered by another person when there is already pain within you." I do think that this is true, but only to a point. In my opinion, this quote could be used as an excuse for unacceptable behavior on the part of those who get their kicks from hurting and bullying others. Yes, pain can be triggered due to previous painful incidents in one's life, but that doesn't mean that the person triggering the pain is blameless. Hurting others is always wrong, and people who do so should be held accountable, unless they happen to do this accidentally. This type of 'advice', by the way, is one problem I've always had with New Age thought. According to this type of philosophy, no one is a victim; everyone chooses what they will experience in each lifetime, before incarnating in each subsequent one. Therefore, when you go through an unfair, abusive incident, it was you yourself who set it up, for the purpose of learning something from the incident. This kind of 'rationalization', to me, is completely absurd. Yes, I can see the value in not thinking of myself as a victim. However, that doesn't mean that I 'set up' certain painful situations in my life, before I was even born, just so I could learn something from them! That sounds rather masochistic to me. To clarify further: if children don't learn lessons through corporal punishment -- and I firmly believe they don't -- why would an adult learn through 'setting up' painful incidents for him/herself? There are indeed aspects of this book that I think are very profound, and very helpful, even in the chapter mentioned above. One of these is the concept of learning how to deal with pain in a relationship without adding to the painful situation through an unloving response to that pain. Still, there are such things as boundaries, and some relationships are simply too abusive for people to remain in. Other aspects I find very useful teach the reader about controlling the mind, focusing on what one wants, and creating positive inner dialogues. Another very helpful aspect of this book is the "Playsheet", a section of questions and exercises included at the end of every chapter. This is a great title, as it implies an invitation to let your mind 'play' with the concepts being taught. The tone throughout the book is loving, comforting, soothing. Even when I came across something I could not agree with, I still felt very calm, very peaceful. Whoever is the true source of these teachings does indeed come from a very loving space. I don't think it's necessary to accept that this book was dictated by a discarnate entity in order to enjoy and profit from its gentle advice. I see it as a combination of traditionally-taught metaphysical concepts with standard ideas common to psychology and self-help books, and even some Christian thoughts. For example, the chapter on unconditional love, with its themes of being non-defensive, as well as forgiving, have a very Christian tone. This chapter emphasizes being the source of love yourself, rather than waiting for others to be the source. Another piece of advice in this chapter tells the reader that, although love brings beauty to everyone and everything, it brings beauty to oneself, most of all. Summing up, I would say that this is a book to be enjoyed more than once, in spite of the objections I outlined above. Even the first time one reads it, it should be savored, its ideas analyzed and mulled over. Subsequent readings will yield even more insights, and you will probably find yourself actually studying it. Again, I don't agree with everything the author presents, although I would say I do agree with most of it. This book gives a reader much food for thought, and I would definitely recommend it, whether or not the concept of channeling is embraced by the person reading it.

This is one of the most truth filled pieces of writing on the experience of being sensitive I've ever read. It is a calm, reassuring book that gives wise advice on how to take care of yourself if you are empathizing with everyone around you. Orin describes the ins and outs of how energy moves between people, and how you can begin to manage that flow so that you are comfortable. So much of what I read in this book takes what I thought was complex and makes it simple. Once I understood a bit more of what I was doing with my thoughts and my energy I felt like I had some power back. Learning how to sense what is coming from you and what you are picking up from others is huge! I used to pick up ugly feelings just from watching 10 minutes of TV, then I would go and unwittingly pass that on to my spouse. We all do this! I really appreciate that the book has the added section on clearing energy, now that I am able to do something different with what I pick up that happens less and less. I am sending ebooks to some of my friends, I think we could all be helped by this book!

This book was given to me years before I needed it, but when I did need it, it was the most wonderful surprise and treasure! Every word is significant. It is the only other book along with the Bible that I read and reread regularly.

Parte II de la serie, muy recomendable

The teachings bring powerful, profound concepts into everyday practical reality. A must for one who embarks on a spiritual journey. You will learn how to work with energy, your intuition and transform pain into service.

ただ素晴らしいの一言です。 日々、喜びを感じながら読んでいます。

Excellent book, very well written... explains at length about energy and how it affects the manifestation process

An absolutely awesome book. I read her book Spiritual Growth ten years back before the likes of the secret. Which is also an absolute astounding read. I now have the whole series. I love this book so much, I have it both in hard copy and on the kindle. I found it very helpful for clearly helping me stick to the path and very inspiring. Helped me to understand the affect that my energy and other people energy can have on each other. I couldn't begin to truly explain how deep and wonderful this book really is. It's definitely a must buy for anyone truly on the path.